Reimbursement

Flu season is around the corner and CMS has released the 2019-2020 flu season billing codes. It would be a good time to familiarize yourself with the vaccine product that your community has ordered...

We are 7 days away from the most substantive change in SNF reimbursement for quite some time.  There are a number of resources that are available and ongoing.  One of our partners, BKD, has...

The below message just came in from CMS announcing the second revision to the initial release of the Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM) Grouper software. (The first revision was released within jRAVEN only.) Effective beginning...

LeadingAge Kansas recently established a Nursing Home Medicaid Reimbursement Advisory group to gain feedback from members about how they think the current reimbursement is working and gather recommendations for modifications. The group’s feedback will...

Well, here we are on the other side of October 1st. We’ve all known that PDPM was coming and you have all undoubtably taken steps to make sure your community is prepared. HERE are the nuts...

With the other changes that have been coming our way – don’t  forget to check the CASPER system for your updated VBP information. You will also want to update this information in your financial...

Aetna Better Health of Kansas will provide Webinars on October 17th from 9:00 AM-10:00 AM, October 31st from 1:00-2:00 PM and November 11th from 12:00 1:00 PM to share updates on the health plan...

When: Monday, November 11, 2019, 4:00 -6:00 PM Where: Fort Hays State University, Memorial Union Black & Gold Room, 700 College Dr., Hays, KS 67601 Reserve your seat today by emailing ProviderRelations@sunflowerhealthplan.com and include attendee’s name, organization name & tax...

We had the opportunity to visit with State Leadership last week to hear updates on the move from Maximus back to the State. Overall, we are very pleased with the results with driving...

Here are several tidbits of info from our Reimbursement Consultant, Josh Johnson. Email him at reimbursement@leadingagekansas.org with questions. PBJ for 7/1/2019 – 9/30/2019 is due by November 14th, 2019. Medicare providers must start billing...

We have finished compiling the data from the most recent (2018) Medicaid Nursing Facility cost report and have updated our Medicaid Cost Report Navigator. This tool is extremely useful in comparing performance from region to...

As we are nearly into our second full month of PDPM – we are starting to see some data trends that are insightful. Check out this article in McKnight’s and see if there are...